If you need to develop complex statistical or engineering analyses, you can save steps and time by using the Analysis ToolPak. You provide the data and parameters for each analysis, and the tool uses the appropriate statistical or engineering macro functions to calculate and display the results in an output table. Some tools generate charts in addition to output tables.
The data analysis functions can be used on only one worksheet at a time. When you perform data analysis on grouped worksheets, results will appear on the first worksheet and empty formatted tables will appear on the remaining worksheets. To perform data analysis on the remainder of the worksheets, recalculate the analysis tool for each worksheet.
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Statistic | Description |
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Mean | Shows the arithmetic mean of the sample data. |
Standard Error | Shows the standard error of the data set (a measure of the difference between the predicted value and the actual value). |
Median | Shows the middle value in the data set (the value that separates the largest half of the values from the smallest half of the values). |
Mode | Shows the most common value in the data set. |
Standard Deviation | Shows the sample standard deviation measure for the data set. |
Sample Variance | Shows the sample variance for the data set (the squared standard deviation). |
Kurtosis | Shows the kurtosis of the distribution. |
Skewness | Shows the skewness of the data set’s distribution. |
Range | Shows the difference between the largest and smallest values in the data set. |
Minimum | Shows the smallest value in the data set. |
Maximum | Shows the largest value in the data set. |
Sum | Adds all the values in the data set together to calculate the sum. |
Count | Counts the number of values in a data set. |
Largest(X) | Shows the largest X value in the data set. |
Smallest(X) | Shows the smallest X value in the data set. |
Confidence Level(X) Percentage | Shows the confidence level at a given percentage for the data set values. |